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MARVEL VS CAPCOM: INFINITE.(Playstation 4)
Developed and Published by: Capcom.
Featuring MCU ONLY characters from Marvel Comics.
Genre: Fighting Game.
Rated: PG (Mildly suggestive themes and language)
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Okay let's get the big questions out of the way first.
Q: Is this game any good?
A: Yes.
Q: Is it worth full price?
A: No.
Now, onto the rest of the review.
I think we're witnessing the death of AAA Gaming in it's current form. Games that are hyped to the Heavens, but have our expectations slammed so far into the ground they hit the earth's core upon release. Companies are becoming greedy, lazy and have nothing but contempt for their general audience... Just wait till we get to Andromeda. It really shows you how far big name companies have fallen from grace in recent years. I mean one is a comic book giant that is universally despised by nerds and normies alike for their politics, while the other is a legend of gaming that has become the subject of ridicule for their complete and utter laziness.
Ha! No wonder these two get along so well!
Marvel Vs Capcom: Infinite is the 4th installment to what is quite possibly the greatest video game crossover of all time, and something of a franchise reboot that nobody was asking for! Also a lightning rod of controversy if you happen to like Wolverine or any other character with movie rights owned by 20th Century Fox, but we'll get to that in a minute.
I will defend Marvel Vs Capcom 3 to the bitter end because beyond an alleged "lack of characters" it was full of personality, charm and was a blast to play with friends. However this game (in its current form) makes MVC3 look like a fucking Smash Bros game in comparison. I want it to be known for the record that any negative views I have of this game is NOT due to "a certain game involving a beloved anime franchise" coming out next year or to simply jump on a hate bandwagon, because I have a personal hatred for "Angry Youtube Reviewers" and the mindless mob mentality. No, any critisisms or hatred I blast this title with is out of complete disappointment at a game that was one of the soul reasons I wanted a PS4 in the first place, only to be given a phoned in title that's somehow more sloppily put together than Street Fighter V.
From the moment you boot this game up, you're instantly greeted with said laziness. A big charm about these crossover titles are the flashy intro animations, complete with rock or J-Pop themes blasting into your ear drums to get you pumped. Here? Just a generic title screen and elevator music. You're not making it easy for me to like you are you, MVCI? Also considering this game needs to install its content upon your first boot up doesn't help either. So I hope you like playing 2 on 2 in a bland white room. Cus it's going to take awhile for other stages and even the fucking story mode to be installed.
Not a thrilling way to spend a Birthday, is it? (At time of writing)
I am happy to report the gameplay of MVCI is worthy of the Marvel legacy and was very entertaining to play. While I miss the 3v3 design of previous games, going back to the original 2v2 formula still works to keep the frantic action up to a 10. The returning characters from MVC3 handle pretty much how I remembered them and that's perfect. They didn't screw with their movesets all that much so I was able to slip back into their shoes comfortably. It did feel that some characters did more damage than the others or were overpowered (Ultron Sigma) while some barely did any damage at all (Frank West) but I can easily toggle the settings in the options menu if this continues to annoy me.
The new mechanic replacing X-Factor from the previous entry is the Infinity Stone system - each of the six stones can be activated with the press of a button to varying effects, allowing you to create crazy combinations that suit your playstyle and character choices. Aside from the basic "Surge" each stone has, they have a "Storm" option you can use after your Infinity Stone meter charges enough a la Street Fighter 4. My favorite of that effects belongs to the Mind Stone, which super charges your hyper combo meter - very useful against the final boss of Arcade Mode as I feel said meter fills up much slower compared to previous entries.
With all that being said, I feel this is a much more interesting addition compared to other power up mechanics like the one in Street Fighter X Tekken. The smaller non-meter effects range from speedy dashes, health regen, closing the gap between you and your opponent, etc. As I said before, it really opens up the floodgates for a host of new strategies that suit everyone's individual playstyles.
The main thing you should take away about MVCI is that the game is fun to play, the action is frantic and will no doubt be a lot of fun for pissing about with your friends. The main thing I love about this game is the much needed attention given to the Mega Man X series. A version of Mega Man many of us have missed since his last proper outing, Mega Man X: Command Mission. While there are some missteps (will get to that in the story section) this is one of the best incarnations of X to date. His voice, behaviour and overall design are bygod perfect. IF a Mega Man X9 ever graces our presence, just use this character model and I'm good! Though if I must critique something about him, I would have preferred his X4 theme over reusing the Highway theme from X1 yet again.
Sadly, that is where our main positives end. Now to delve into the negatives, which is what I suspect is the only reason you're reading this... Or if you like what I have to say, then thank you.
Let's start with the character roster. I know there is DLC coming but that in itself is a problem. Considering the DLC is announced BEFORE the game was released. This is a trend I've come to detest with modern fighting games, in that they'll create 6-9 new characters for the game but will sell you them later on. If these fighters are midway in development then I don't see why they can't delay the game until they're complete. Hell, if they're ready then just put them in the bloody game instead of making us pay for them later at an extortionate price! Make them unlockable fighters in a later update or ANYTHING instead of these "IOU more content" messages! It's pretty jaring to see the likes of Black Panther, Monster Hunter or Sigma in the story mode, but it'll cost you £5 a pop to actually play as them. At least MvC3's roster was all there from the start!.... minus the controversy surrounding Jill and Shuma Gorath but this mess overshadows that by a long shot.
It will come as no surprise that this is the weakest roster in the franchises entire run. While we have some much needed additions such as X, Jedah and Ultron as well as the expected veterans like Ryu, Chris Redfield, Spider-Man and more, we also have some strange Z-List characters like Gamorra and Rocket Raccoon. If it weren't obvious, the theme for the Marvel side of the cast is "If they're not in the MCU, they're not gonna be in here!" That being said, this brings us to the main controversy.
While I've seen a lot of fair and valid critiques aimed at this game, I do have to jump to Capcom's defense on one issue. Far too many people blame Capcom alone for Marvel's poor excuse for a roster. I didn't realize you could buy comic book companies with a shit ton of debt! If you fail to see how Marvel should be held equally responsible for this game's faults then your bias is showing and it's not pretty. Marvel chose this roster specifically as a means to promote the MCU and as an erect middle finger to 20th Century Fox. Which appears to be a tiny middle finger at that. Given the abysmal debut of the Inhumans TV series. Earth to Marvel Comics - The people who love the Marvel Vs Capcom series are FIGHTING GAME FANS! Not the mainstream crowd who still queue up to view your increasingly unwatchable movies. These people have followed the series for years and perfected the moveset for the likes of Magneto or Psylocke, yet do you think they'll be queing up to play this game when you exclude their go to characters in favor of Carl Manvers or Granola? Fuck no! Gonna quote a friend of mine on the roster. "We get it, The Mouse doesn't want to write a check to the houses Bart and Crash Bandicoot built. It doesn't mean anyone who's played the games in the past should forget about it."
What baffles me about this pro MCU roster is the exclusion of the likes of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Falcon, Ant-Man, Punisher and that douchebag played by Chris Pratt. Way to have an agenda with your roster but fail to include the characters people might have given a shit about! Don't get me wrong, Capcom take full responsibility for the exclusion of the likes of Wesker, Phoenix Wright or Falcon from Power Stone, but blaming them for the Marvel side is plain bullshit. There is at least one positive. None of their SJW characters are here. Thank fucking Christ for that!
I guess all that's left to talk about is the games story mode..... Oh boy.
(SPOILER ALERT)
I'm just gonna leave this here.
"Infinite's story mode script was penned by writer Paul Gardner, with oversight from Rosemann and Marvel's gaming division."
Now you know who to blame for this awful story. I know that may seem like a trival thing to bring up, but this story is so fucking bad that I HAD to know who wrote this crap and how could they get so many things wrong! Sure enough my suspicions were correct in that he's a Marvel writer. Even Capcom couldn't make a story this bad. I'm not gonna go over every single detail, but I need to address a few key problems... Because I'm a www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPhe…
The story makes clumsy refferences to STRIDER, Mega Man X5, Resident Evil 3, Dead Rising, The Avengers and Civil War, because god forbid we go a day without ANOTHER Captain America vs. Iron Man scenario, am I right? A major issue with the story is that it has no beginning. Also the references clash with the source material. One of the locations in the game is A.I.M.Brella, and implies the Umbrella Corporation are up to their old tricks. Yet the game uses the RE5 incarnation of Chris Redfield, which would imply that Umbrella no longer exists.
Whoops.
When I played the demo back in June, I said to myself "This is probably a scene that happens near the middle of the game's story!" However playing the final product in question, I was confronted with the sad truth that this WAS the beginning of the game's story. When I say it has no beginning, I mean we never see these characters meet for the first time or the manner of them teaming up. Sure you get the origin for the Convergence near THE END OF THE FUCKING GAME, which just feels like it was pulled out of the writer's arse, yet seeing our heroes form their alliance wasn't important enough to include at all. What did the game make time for? Nearly every character making cringe enducing jokes that are about on par with this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF0Hav…
I would pay someone 1000 Bison Dollars to upload all the cutscenes to Youtube, but insert a sitcom laugh track everytime someone makes an awful joke. Mega Man X is officially the BEST character in the entire game because he barely says anything, and when he does it doesn't make me want to hire an assassin to murder Paul Gardner! Gosh, if only one of the parties involved was a COMIC BOOK COMPANY, that could fill in these gaps with a tie in comic. Sadly, whatever God you pray/or don't pray to clearly hates us! Because all we got are some pretty terrible variant covers for shitty Marvel Comics nobody is reading anyway! THAT would have solved these plot issues.
My point being - This story raises questions but never answers them. Such as....
How does Thanos know who Doctor Light is? Never answered.
How did Jedah Dohma arrive in the Marvel Universe? He never says.
How does Jedah know what the Infinity Stones are? See previous answer.
Why does Jedah need Lady Death's help? Never addressed properly.
What was Jedah and Lady Death's grand plan? Never showcased.
How did the Reality Stone end up in the Capcom Universe? Never explained.
How did Grand Master Meio reprogram Zero? Never explained.
How is Nemesis back from the dead? Never resolved.
Why is everyone on a first name basis with each other? Your guess is as good as mine.
How the fuck did Ultron Sigma manage to beat Odin, THE FUCKING ALLFATHER? Never addressed.
Where did Jedah and M.O.D.O.K. get a Symbiote? Dunno.
Why is Jedah working against Ultron Sigma? He never says.
What was the actual point of Dormammu and Firebrand even being here? You get the idea.
Why didn't Monster Hunter or Black Panther aid the heroes? Cus they're DLC.
Now to unleash a full on nerd rage and to prove to you why this story doesn't understand the Capcom roster.
The Sigma Virus.
For those of you who have never played the Mega Man X series, here's a brief summary of this plot device. The Sigma Virus infects Reploids and machines within the world of 21XX, turning the otherwise peaceful Reploids into psychotic killing machines which are then subsquently subdued by Maverick Hunters such as X or Zero. Notice how I said it only affects machine life, and not organic life. The Sigma Virus in this game however, does whatever the writer wants it to do. Paticularly when it infects Thor: Prince of Asgard. Thor (as established in the comics and in Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes) cannot be poisoned or contract human made viruses. Now you could make the arguement that "Well Ultron Sigma is using the Infinity Stones to amplify the virus' power!" but even then you'd be stretching farther than Mr. Fantastic (I wonder if he'll be DLC too? Hopefully not.)
In other words. It is Bollocks and Poppycock!
I fucking hate maguffins for they tend to serve as the writers "get out of shit free card!" when they write themselves into a corner. Sonic has the Chaos Emeralds, DBZ had the Dragonballs, Metal Gear has Nanomachines, Resident Evil has Viruses and Marvel has the Easter Eg-I mean The Infinity Stones. To me at least, it feels like the writer was reaching by saying "Infinity Stones, son!" So what we have here is a virus that can infect ANYTHING and slowly turns the host into a mindless zombie to do Ultron Sigma's bidding. So it's the Sigma Virus in name, but acts more like the T-Virus? www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8J2l…
"Paul Gardner, I would have words with thee!"
Adding to this lunacy would be that Zero, the originator of the Maverick Virus also cannot be infected with the Sigma Virus. Infact, in Mega Man X5, it was established that exposure to the Virus only makes him stronger. So if Zero was being infected by an Infinity Stone powered Sigma Virus, that would make him the strongest being in both universes. This mother fucker would be able to go toe to toe with Superman and make him his bitch by dinner time!
You also get the impression the Capcom roster are just side characters while The Avengers hoover up all the screen time. While Rocket and Granola are having a pointless heart to heart, you can see X and Zero in the background having a chat. I'd rather be listening to their conversation thank you. This is even reflected with the little to no screen time Sigma was given. Ultron and Darksied get a great deal of exposure and exposition, while Sigma only has 2 scenes and 7 lines of diologue.
Sounds fair, doesn't it?
What should have happened was Sigma plays Ultron right from the start. Being the more cunning of the two, he'd manipulate Ultron with the Sigma Virus and betray him when the time comes. Yet instead we get the two robots entering a same circuit relationship, followed by the standard "let's fuse two villains to make a big scary final boss!" Cus that idea worked SOOOOO well in Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe now didn't it? There was a sub plot regarding Lady Death and Jedah, but after their brief exchange and the post credits scene, we never get a clear answer beyond "We need to justify the crossover!"
The writing is the usual brand of cringe inducing awfulness I associate with the MCU these days. I mean, some jokes do hit their target, but most of the time it's just some putrid shit that belongs on the cutting room floor. Mainly when it's clumsy references to a franchise.
Chun Li: I swear we'll....
Black Panther: What? "Avenge them?"
Chun Li: No. Bring them to "Justice."
(Even Chun Li doesn't want to be in this game)
Yet, THIS is the best of the "jokes."
Thor: The dead might live again.
Chris: Yeah, 'cause that always works out great.
Oh I could go on, believe me I could go on. But this review is long enough as it is. So let's wrap this up shall we?
Marvel Vs Capcom: Infinite is a prime example of why you need to keep your expectations low for everything. Sure the gameplay is solid and worthy of a purchase, it's just everything else that prevents it from being a full priced purchase on day 1. I'd suggest waiting for a price drop, all the DLC to be released or of course waiting for the inevitable ULTIMATE edition 6 months from now.
It's better than Street Figther V, but it's lack of content keeps it from being in the same company as "game we've agreed not to reference in this review." With shit like this, Secret Empire, America Chavez and their Netflix/TV shows underperforming, it's nice to see Marvel getting the karma they've been long overdue for some time now. Maybe you should try playing nice with 20th Century Fox instead of being so hostile towards them. Maybe then we'll get Wolverine and Deadpool as DLC.
UPDATE.
So I recently downloaded all the DLC characters. Let me sum each as simply as possible.
Sigma plays very well.... For a guy who should have been on the disc to begin with.
Venom is the best of the bunch. Worth a download and is awesome for air juggles.
Black Panther is decent at least. Reminds me of Wolverine with quick attacks and takedowns.
Sucky Barnes is trash.
Scarlet Johcantact isn't worth a download. Fucking terrible and garbage all round.
Mehster Hunter should have been on the disc, but didn't grab my attention for long.
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Comments: 56
That's what you expect from Modern Marvel. Lazy, uninspired garbage that can only entertain people who find Rick & Morty or the Big Bang Theory funny.
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lol Did you see the videos where they remove the laugh track from Big Bang Theory episodes? It only serves to show what we "see" without having it be so obvious
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MG… It becomes VERY apparent what we see when you do this. Remember before you ever get too down, you're not alone, I agree with you on a lot of what you say Random. I do hope you at least like my works
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WOW...... Now it's completely uninteresting.
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I think Capcom might be planning on killing off MVC soon, since it failed to make the main roster for EVO this year.
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Is it wrong that I think it's probably for the best? With Infinite, it was clear nobody wanted to work on it. Besides, you don't get better than MVC2 anyway.
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Yeah, MVC:I honestly seems like a quick cashgrab in my opinion, one that Capcom put very little faith and money into.
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My working theory is MVC:I only exists because of Injustice 2. Somebody at Marvel said "We need a game out that year!!!! DC won't beat us!!!" But they only work with Capcom, who really had no interest in working with Marvel. Mind you, I'm starting to suspect the questionable graphics in the game was on purpose. Like how terrible the artwork in a Modern Marvel comic is. Maybe Capcom were secretly taking the piss and Marvel never realised?
.... Or they're just lazy as shit.
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Apparently people are saying now that MVC:I isn't even gonna make it onto this years Capcom Pro Tour roster.
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Was there a way to turn off the auto-combo system in the game?
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What is your opinion on Venom's voice in this game?
I read a lot of comments saying that it's completely out of place and some saying that the VA would've worked better as a voice for Carnage.
Though personally since Infinite is available for the PC, people can just mod the voice to make it sound more appropriate.
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He's got the right attitude and mindset for the character. They could have deepened it a smidge.
I wouldn't say it ruins the character, for I play a fighting game to FIGHT people. Not ponder how my character can vocalise.
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And now I only wish modern fighting games only put story in arcade endings or none at all in the case of Virtua Fighter. Story is on backstory only. Besides, this game's story makes Tekken 7's story look like a masterpiece.
I forgot too much exposure to the Maverick/Zero/Sigma Virus can make Zero crazy (which is what happens if you fail or didn't destroy Eurasia in X5).
But still, I am pretty damn sure Iron Man is the only person (or at least his suit) to be infected by a space computer virus (or evil energy as it is actually called) from Mega Man 8 to X
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I felt the same thing about Sly 4. A game that's fairly playable and enjoyable, provided you skip the cutscenes and have most of the characters on mute. At least this game didn't leave you on a bullshit cliffhanger ending, and then string you along for three years. Looking at you, Sanzaru.
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What about Square Enix(there's possibility that Kingdom Hearts 3 will be Pay to Win game with loot boxes)?
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that's why I stop looking forward KH3 for this reason: the game itself will be Pay to Win game with loot boxes
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Carl Manvers, I'm surprised that people are actually using that name outside of youtube
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I may not make "Ewwtoob" content anymore, but I am familair with some injokes about Marvel's floundering.
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I wonder how long the injoke lasts, because I'm of the mind Marvel's not planning on changing anytime soon......yup I think I can predict how long trends can last
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Since I now read DC and Boom Studios. Marvel can fail all they want.
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Well their loss since failure doesn't pay the bills.....couldn't come up with anything that sounded smart
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Y'know, considering your current distain twoards Nintendo, I can't tell whether that Smash Bros. comment is positive or negative.
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I was basically saying Smash Bros has several modes, options and content.
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Capcom is in debt, and if they want to make more money, then they have to man up and make a new game from a long forgotten franchise, and Sega must stop making Sonic games for once, and then focus on the other games, I wanted a new House of the Dead game from Sega, because I'm a fan of that series, and Square is giving us a new Kingdom Hearts game, and fucking god if Luigi isn't in Super Mario Odyssey, then I'll lose my shit, and I'm glad that Game Freak is improving Pokemon: Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and I'm hoping that Fire Emblem: Binding Blade, and Blazing Sword gets a remake, and the new Switch Game is a good one, and I'm hoping that the new Smash Bros game, or Port comes out on the Switch.
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As I recently discovered with the Yakuza Series, Sega do make things besides Sonic. Capcom have said "oh year we're bringing our old games back!"
Yet so far all I've seen as evidence to that, is a Puzzle Fighter phone ap nobody is downloading.
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I played the demo for this game and while it was enjoyable, I found the gameplay to be somewhat easy. I'm not the best at fighters but I felt that this one was being too lenient on me for some reason, it's kinda hard to explain.
I also had a feeling that it wouldn't be as complete as Capcom would want us to believe with the character pass, etc.
The golden era of Triple-A games has kinda been on a decline lately as you've said, always better to keep expectations low.
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I hate how people are using DBFighterZ as their ammo against this game. The last fucking thing I want is for Dragon Ball's popularity to keep going like the fucking franchise zombie it is. Super was complete garbage and killed any respect I had for the franchise and yet I have to deal with fanboys of the series (for fun, look up a DBtard named ForneverWorld for a perfect example of the kind of people I'm talking about) constantly praising it like nothing is wrong. And now we have this fighting game that only looks good because Arc System works is making it which is sad that the people who created Blazblue and Guilty Gear can only get attention through making a game based off of a franchise that is far past its goddamn prime?!
Fuck FighterZ and fuck anyone excited for it. It's time to grow up and find other fighting game franchises and not ones based off of zombie anime.
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*rolls eyes*
Dear Falconvsleon20...
Screw off with your elitist BS comments, you jackass. You sound no better than those whiny Melee fanboys who cry "MEELEE GOOD EVERYTHING ELSE BAAADDD!!" Even if i'll admit arcsys screwed up with some recent stuff involving cross tag, The DBZ game at least looks good, and here you are Bithcing and whining like a spoiled child who got denied something he wanted, and you saying "Duur huur, playa real fighting game and grow ups durr hur!!11!!!" isn't helping your pathetic case. If anything, Its you who needs to grow up, stop being an elitist bitch who act as an embarrassment to the FGC.
You and your crybaby logic can just fuck off!!!
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Typical capcom corporate slave
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Oh for having an opinion? Up yours too buddy. (I'm not gonna be polite to this guy. That's a waste)
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No for blaming another games hype for this games failure what's next your gonna blame pokken tournament out selling this
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There is no reason a goddamn Dragon Ball game should be getting this hype. Arc Systems should be already mainstream thanks to Guilty Gear and Blazblue alone but only few people give a damn about those. I find it insulting that people still put trust in Dragon Ball after how terrible Super was.
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The reason why people put more trust in Dragonball than in capcom is because 1 arc systems is already mainstream because of persona 4 arena and arc systems is a good company 2 people are sick of capcoms crap.
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If it wasn't DBFighterZ, it would have been Tekken 7, Injustice 2 or that BlazeBlue thingy that's coming out. Fanboys want something to compare something with to prove it's "better!" Speaking as someone who owns Injustice 2, this game and Tekken 7, I like to think I'm beyond these petty squabbles and fanboy pissing contests. Like you want to say to them "You know you can buy BOTH games, right?"
I think the ultimate irony would be that DBFZ comes out and it's WORSE than this game!
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Yo, Happy Day After Your Birthday!
I hear that the preorder bonuses for this game are the worst yet, and very falsely advertised.
At least the gameplay is apparently good, but I like MvC3 better.
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Oh you mean "The Easter Eggs?"
We had a good laugh about that.
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Capcom could stand to both put in effort and be kinder to its customers, but Marvel has its head so far up its ass it's finding stomach acid. Though you should forgive me when I must ask who's in debt? Marvel, Capcom or both?
Also the GOTG aren't Z list. They're more M list now and that's Marvel's problem (abet a smaller one compaired to its nasty socjus attitude) ; they feel the need to shove MCU stuff down our throats that we're long overdue for a pallet cleanser if you may. I want Wolverine so darn much, he's my childhood Marvel hero but as long as Marvel pampers Tumblr and the blind masses he has little chance to come back.
This game has much against it still. Injustice 2, DBZ and just karma itself going against it, which is a shame since load times, graphics and bland music aside the game's fun. Capcom has to consider how it does things in the future, they need to rethink how they do things if they wish to regain lost ground. A game made with love and effort would go a long way and it wouldn't hurt if they branched out and made a new Strider/G&G/Mega Man/Final Fight/etc.
Marvel I am at a loss. They need a total rehaul or the Mouse will have to bail them out again. Compermise isn't always a bad thing and I'm positive that when Marvel ends the socjus and becomes more like they used to be, then perhaps they'll get some good rep. As it stands Marvel isn't shitting the bed; it's shitting in a pile of shit that crushed the bed years ago.
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If memory serves, Capcom are seriously in debt. Mind you, so are Sega, Square and Sony for that matter. Out of the two parties involved, Marvel are the bigger offenders here. They told Capcom "Do as we say!" because Capcom in that past wanted specific fighters to be featured. It's why we got Doctor Doom, Sentinel and Shuma Gorath for MVC3.
The reason I call "Granola and Davy Crocket" Z-Listers, is due to my own personal hatred for that franchise. I limited my insults to them down to a single joke, for I didn't want to pepper the entire review with that resentment at their pressence.
I left a lot of jokes about that bloody Raccoon on the cutting room floor!
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Well more power to you. Some of us actually enjoy the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and I think we're entitled to like playing as Gamora and Rocket if we choose.
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Fair enough. I may dislike GOTG but more power to ya for getting what you wanted.
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Getting out of debt would reqire them to actually put in effort, but with Capcom being lazy, Sony being SJW and Square being....square it's going to take a miracle.
At the very least the game's fun.
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This is what I always been telling people, Marvel vs Capcom games do not need long cinematic stories. There's way too much lore to cover, it takes away time and resources that could have been spent on making more characters and improving existing ones, and almost everyone is going to play it at least once. The fact that some people used the lack of a story mode for the MvC 3 games as a point to discredit them annoys me just as much as those people who complained those games had too many NEW characters.
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Marvel Vs Capcom and other fighters are Arcade based classics. Yet they desperately want to sit at the AAA Gaming table, next to the likes of Mass Effect, Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed.
I've been VERY vocal about the inclusions of "cinematic storymodes" in fighting games because they do not belong. Yet the Jim Sterlings and the Angry Joe's of the world want their precious storymodes, because they need everything spoon fed to them while I'd be pointing out it will NEVER work.
The games come out, the story modes are a complete joke and I'm left saying this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=inurD2…
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Claiming it's better then sfv is like saying dirt is better then mud, lol.
The game felt rather lazily put together. Sure it the mechanics maybe fun, but it doesn't offer much fun things to do with it. And this is a problem I feel Capcom is having with their fighters.
I don't own the game, so I wasn't aware of the story elements. You would think they would treat the cast of characters more equally. It is a cross over game, but hearing the story is more one sided, it kinda saddens me to hear that my favorite Capcom characters will just end up as side kicks rather then equals.
It's to the point I'm not sure if Capcom should work with story elements in their fighters. But still, I'm sad to see a series I love do so poorly. I miss the days when developers actually cared for their products.
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It's an improvement. But like you said, dirt and mud.
If you're interested, people have uploaded the cutscenes to Youtube so you can see said one sidedness for yourself.
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